28.2011, Summer Schools: The Czech Summer School of Linguistics/Czech Republic

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Subject: 28.2011, Summer Schools: The Czech Summer School of Linguistics/Czech Republic

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Date: Mon, 01 May 2017 10:59:19
From: Jan Chromý [jan.chromy at ff.cuni.cz]
Subject: The Czech Summer School of Linguistics/Czech Republic

The Czech Summer School of Linguistics/Czech Republic

Host Institution: Charles University in Prague
Coordinating Institution: Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
Website: http://www.lingvistika.cz

Dates: 20-Aug-2017 - 26-Aug-2017
Location: Litomyšl, Czech Republic

Focus: The aim of the Summer School of Linguistics is to give an opportunity to students and young researchers who are interested in language and its use to get acquainted with the range of current achievements in linguistic research. The lectures usually cover various research fields such as the first and second language acquisition, psycholinguistics, typology and language contact, corpus linguistics, neurolinguistics, phonetics, etc. 

The Summer School of Linguistics aims also to have an important social impact. In other words, it should be not only a place where one can get useful information of the current state of linguistics but also a place where people interested in language and its use meet, discuss various issues and possibly start to collaborate on various future projects.
Minimum Education Level: No Minimum

Special Qualifications:
Anybody interested in language and its used is welcome at the Summer School of Linguistics. There is no need for prior knowledge of any of the topics. The capacity of the school is limited (ca. 100 participants). Therefore, we encourage you to register early.

Description:
The school takes place every August in a small city Litomyšl (2007 - 2015 it
took place in Dačice), Czech Republic. Lectures and workshops are mostly
designed as an extensive introduction to a given topic so there is no need for
prior knowledge of any of the topics. All lectures and workshops are in
English (since 2014).

Linguistic Field(s): Language Acquisition
                      Neurolinguistics
                      Phonetics
                      Psycholinguistics

Tuition: 0 USD

Tuition Explanation: There is no participation fee for those who will come for the whole school and
who will stay in the Litomyšl dormitory where the school will take place.
These participants are asked to pay a small advance on accommodation expenses
(CZK 700 or EUR 27). Participants who will not stay in the Litomyšl dormitory
have to pay CZK 300 or EUR 11 as a participation fee.

Registration: 27-Apr-2017 to 31-May-2017

Contact Person: Jan Chromý
                Email: jan.chromy at ff.cuni.cz

Apply on the web: http://www.lingvistika.cz/ssol/registration

Registration Instructions:
The program will start on Sunday, August 20 at 2 pm, and conclude on Saturday,
August 26 before 1 pm. The expected check-in and check-out is on these days
but it is possible to arrive one day earlier (Saturday, Aug. 19). The
registration is open till May 31. All the information may be found on the
official website.

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